Windows + VM licenses

[Thomas Kaiser]

debiani386 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri June 15 2007 6:16 pm, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Thomas Kaiser wrote:
>>> Ed is running it on a VM in Linux, so I think it is OK.
>>> Micro$oft can not dictate on which hardware you like to run the stuff,
>>> you bought it!
>> No, they most definitely can.  All you did is license it, and
>> proprietary software licenses tend not to be so generous.  OEM copies
>> can not be run inside VMs (only directly on the original hardware),
>> regardless of what the MS guy told Ed.
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
> 
> thomas, did you know that windows now comes with a rating system? that is 
> micro$oft$ way of dictating your hardware. If you get the more affordable 
> hardware, you cant run as much programs on vista
> --cj
> 

I didn't know and I don't care. I did not look at Vista and I will never do. If 
I have to, I will stop using computers and go back to pencil and paper ;-)

Thomas


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